recently talked about a real life use case using the “find my airpod” feature. A friend made a very astute remark “the pairing distance is the issue”. Essentially the airpod is too small to have its own GPS chip. It can track only at blue-tooth distances. So if we are listening to a song at…
It’s always a joy to see a product deliver on edge cases. Yesterday, while walking down a street, I realized I was missing an AirPod – it had fallen down without me noticing. That presented me an excellent opportunity to test the ‘find my AirPods’ feature. I turned on the search and discovered I had…
My friend is reading an email with a big smile on her face. Seeing my puzzled look, she hands it over. It reads: From: AA (Sender)To: BB (recipient)Subject: Re: Collaboration initiativeKL M D I look more puzzled now. She: You don’t get it, huh? Me: Nope. She starts explaining as to a child. She: K…
Getting a new laptop and musing on everything from accessories, to cables to the Apple car!
A few months ago having travelled to attend a conference meet in Pune, I was pleasantly surprised to meet a colleague and a respected leader at the breakfast table. We got talking about various things and the topic drifted to leadership traits when he reminisced about an exercise from long ago where everyone had to…
Read more Takeaways from the wonderful “Steve Jobs” biography by Walter Isaacson
Let me confess, I am a big kindle fan – and have been one for a couple of years now. The endless collections, speed of procuring the books, and the “paper-like” feel the device provides – all I am sure contribute to this positive vibe. Last week, however I discovered a non-feature – a feature…
Read more Sharing in the electronic world, why are we making it so tough!
It’s been a fascinating period, technology-wise. Form factors have changed and parts we thought were fossilized have been dusted, given face lifts and are back looking smarter than ever. A quick recap: Apple decided to make the iPad smaller, so we have a smaller tablet, the iPad mini now. And they’ve brought back the 4:3…
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